PATNA (India): Indian police opened fire on an angry mob protesting against the unfair distribution of relief for flood victims in the impoverished eastern state of Bihar, killing three people, officials said yesterday.
More than 1,800 people have died in South Asia's worst monsoon flooding in at least 15 years, with Bihar one of India's worst affected states and still partly submerged.
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